Nitrogen
What is the nitrogen cycle?
A chemical cycle that converts nitrogen gas from the atmosphere into many different forms as it circulates.
What is matter?
Anything that takes up space.
What is anthropogenic?
Environmental pollution caused by humans.
What is salt marsh fragmentation?
Excessive nutrients in the soil ; causes the marsh bank to collapse.
What is nitrogen deposition?
Nitrogen deposition is an excessive amount of nitrogen in a water source or soil.
What is an atom?
The most basic unit of matter.
What is eutrophication?
Excessive amount of nitrogen in the water.
What is nitrous oxide?
A greenhouse gas emitted from farming fertilizers and other events.
What is the chemical formula for Nitrate?
NO3
What is an element?
The most simple and pure form of a substance.
What is an ion?
Atoms with extra or missing things.
ex) protons or neutrons
What is an electron shell?
The rings around an atom, the most is 8 on the outside ring and 2 on the inside ring.
What is the chemical formula for nitrite?
NO2
What is diatomic?
Two atoms bonded together with a strong triple bond.
What is a greenhouse gas?
A gas that traps heat in the atmosphere.
What is the chemical formula for ammonium?
NH4
Which form of nitrogen is toxic to humans?
Nitrite
What are bacteria fixing nodules?
Symbiosis between plants where bacteria gets sugar and plants get nitrogen.
What is genetic diversity?
How genetic material adapts to changing conditions.
What is the chemical formula for nitrogen?
N2